Counter-stool construction



Nov. 4 1924. 1,513,907

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Patented Nov. 4, 1924'.

HENRY HUG-0, 0F HOLT'VILLE, CALIFGRNIA.

PATENT OFFICE.

COUNTER-STOOL CONSTRUCTION.

Application fitted March 21, 1922, Serial No. 545,482. Renewed June 25,1924.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, HENRY HUGO, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Holtville, in the county of Imperial andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements inCounter-Stool Construction, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my said invention is the provision of a counter-stoolconstructlon in which the stool or stools permanently connected with thecounter are adapted to be raised from the floor and positioned as whenthe floor is to be cleaned and may then be expeditiously and easilyreplaced in working position.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in theimprovement as iereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figurel is an end elevation showing a portion of a counter equipped with myimprovement, the stool shown being in working position.

Figure 2 is an elevation at right angles to Figure 1, with one stool inworking position and the other in raised idle position.

Figure 8 is a view like Figure 1 but with the stool in raised and idleposition.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a modification.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 6 is an end elevation of another modification.

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail horizontal section taken in the planeindicated by the line 7-7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a detail horizontal section. on the line 88 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 8to which reterence will first be made.

In accordance with my invention a foot rail 1, of circular form incross-section is connected with and maintained in spaced relation to thelower portion of a counter 2, the connection being eiiected by brackets3 fixed to the counter 2 and carrying the rail.

Mounted on the rail 1 to turn about the same are pairs of short sleeves4t and 5, there being a pair of sleeves 4i and a pair of sleeves 5employed in combination with each stool. The stools respectivelycomprise a standard rod 6, a seat 7 at the upper end of said rod, a base8 at the lower end of the rod, and a pad 9, of rubber or otherappropriate cushioning material, at the underside of the base.

The standard rod 6 of each stool is slidably arranged in upper and lowercollars 10 and 11, the upper collar 10 having a bifurcated projection12, Figure 8, in which are pivotally connected at 13 the upper ends or?downwardly-divergent arms 14, integral with or fixed to the sleeves 5,and the lower collar 10 being similarly connected with downwardlydivergent arms 15, integrai with or fixed to the sleeves 4.

In virtue of the construction described, it will be manifest that when astool is arranged upright on a floor, designated by 16, as shown inFigure l and at the left of Figure 2, the stool will be strongly heldagainst casual lateral movement and will constitute a strong and stableseat. It will also be manifest that when it is desired to scrub, mop orotherwise clean the floor in the vicin- .ity of the counter any one ofthe stools may be swung upwardly and toward the counter 2 into theposition shown at the right of Figure 2 and in Figure 3 in whichposition the padded base 8 will rest on the rail 1 and the seat 7 willrest against the face of the counter and the stool as a whole will bemaintained off the floor and out of the way. After the completion of thefloor-cleaning operation each of the stools obviously may be quickly andeasily moved from the posh tion shown in Figure 3 to the workingposition shown in Figure 1.

In the modification shown in Figures i and 5 the construction is thesame as in ures 1, 2, 3 and 8 except that a short individual rail 1connected by brackets 3 to the counter 1 is employed in conjunction witheach stool and the appurtenances thereof. The said modification ofFigures 1 and 5 is possessed of all the capacity of function ascribed tothe embodiment in Figures 1 to 3 and 8.

According to the modification shown in Figures 6 and 7, the standard rod6 of a stool such as before described is arranged in collars 10 and 11*,each of the said collars carrying a set screw 17 to engage the standardrod 6, and each having a projection 18 with a transverse aperture 19therethrough to rece've a headed and threaded bolt 20 on which is a wingnut 21. The upper bolt 20 is arranged in the slotted upper portions 22of downwardly-divergent arms 1 F similar to the before described arms 14and similarly connected to a rail 1, and the lower bolt 20 is arrangedin the slotted upper portions 23 of downwardly-divergent arms similar tothe before described arms 15 and similarly connected to the rail 1. Theportion of each bolt adjacent to the head thereof and which portion isarranged in the slot of one of the said arms is of angular form incross-section as indicated by 24: in Figure 7 this provision being madein order to prevent the bolts turning about their aXes.

In the use of the construction shown in.

Figures 6 and 7 it will be seen that when the set screws 17 are setagainst the standard rod 6, and the wing nuts 21 are tightened, thestool will be secured in the position shown in Figure 6 and againstmovement toward the counter 2. It will also'be understood that when theset screws 17 and the wing nuts 21 are loosened the stool may be movedupwardly and toward the counter and so that the base 8 may be supportedon the rail 1, between the divergent arms 11 For convenience ofassembly, the bases 8 in all of the embodiments shown and described, arepreferably threaded on or other wise detachably connected to the lowerends of the standard rods 6.

It will be apparent from the foregoing rather than detract from thefinished appearance of a counter with which it is associated.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiments of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exactunderstanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to beunderstood as confining myself to the said specific construction andrelative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of theinvention various changes and modifications may be made such as fallwithin the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claim.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Pat ent, is a The combination of a counter, a horizontallydisposed rail connected with and spaced therefrom, a stool having astandard rod in front of and extending above and be low the rail and abase at the lower end of said rod and. a seat at the upper end of therod, and vertically-swinging means connecting said standard rod and saidrail, said means having a sliding connection at one end with the rod,whereby said rod may have an upwardly sliding movement within this endof said means, the said stool being movable from a position in which itsbase rests on a floor to a position. with its seat edge against thecounter and with its base superimposed on the rail.

In testimony thereof, I affix my signature.

HENRY HUGO.

